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Virend K. Somers

Virend K. Somers

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Medicine

D-Index
136
Citations
95712
World Ranking
1942
National Ranking
1104

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Virend K. Somers is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily focused on medicine, with a particular emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research spans various subfields including physiology, endocrine and autonomic systems, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main research topics covered in their work include obstructive sleep apnea research, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, sleep and wakefulness research, sleep and related disorders, tracheal and airway disorders, heart rate variability and autonomic control, and cardiovascular and diving-related complications.

They have published multiple papers in well-known scientific journals. Some significant recent papers include:

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, 2021, Circulation
  • Association Between Hypoxemia and Mortality in Patients With COVID-19, 2020, Mayo Clinic Proceedings
  • Sleep Disordered Breathing and Cardiovascular Disease, 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe, 2023, The Lancet Public Health
  • Global burden of metabolic diseases, 1990-2021, 2024, Metabolism

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Virend K. Somers include:

  • C. Anwar A. Chahal
  • Naima Covassin
  • Mohammed Y Khanji
  • Joshua M. Bock
  • Erik K. St. Louis

Their work has appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • SLEEP
  • Mayo Clinic Proceedings
  • Journal of the American Heart Association

Virend K. Somers has been recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Sympathetic neural mechanisms in obstructive sleep apnea.

    Virend K. Somers;Mark E. Dyken;Mary P. Clary;Francois M. Abboud

  • Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Events and Death: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies

    Apoor S. Gami;Brandi J. Witt;Daniel E. Howard;Patricia J. Erwin

  • Sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease: an American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research Professional Education Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke Council, and Council on Cardiovascular Nursing.

    Virend K. Somers;David P. White;Raouf Amin;William T. Abraham

  • Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease An American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research Professional Education Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke Council, and Council on Cardiovascular Nursing In Collaboration With the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (National Institutes of Health)

    Virend K. Somers;David P. White;Raouf Amin;William T. Abraham

  • Association of bodyweight with total mortality and with cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease: a systematic review of cohort studies

    Abel Romero-Corral;Victor M Montori;Virend K Somers;Josef Korinek

  • Accuracy of body mass index in diagnosing obesity in the adult general population.

    A Romero-Corral;V K Somers;J Sierra-Johnson;J Sierra-Johnson;R J Thomas

  • Sympathetic-Nerve Activity during Sleep in Normal Subjects

    Virend K. Somers;Mark E. Dyken;Allyn L. Mark;Francois M. Abboud

  • Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease

    Virend K. Somers;David P. White;Raouf Amin;William T. Abraham

  • Obstructive sleep apnea: implications for cardiac and vascular disease.

    Abu S. M. Shamsuzzaman;Bernard J. Gersh;Virend K. Somers

  • Association of Atrial Fibrillation and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

    Apoor S Gami;Gregg S. Pressman;Sean M Caples;Ravi Kanagala

  • National Sleep Foundation's sleep quality recommendations: first report.

    Maurice Ohayon;Emerson M. Wickwire;Max Hirshkowitz;Max Hirshkowitz;Steven M. Albert

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation

    Ravi Kanagala;Narayana S. Murali;Paul A. Friedman;Naser M. Ammash

  • Elevated C-Reactive Protein in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

    Abu S.M. Shamsuzzaman;Mikolaj Winnicki;Paola Lanfranchi;Robert Wolk

  • Day-Night Pattern of Sudden Death in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

    A.S. Gami;D.E. Howard;E.J. Olson;V.K. Somers

  • Obstructive sleep apnea, obesity, and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation.

    Apoor S. Gami;Dave O. Hodge;Regina M. Herges;Eric J. Olson

  • Diagnostic performance of body mass index to identify obesity as defined by body adiposity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    D. O. Okorodudu;M. F. Jumean;V. M. Montori;A. Romero-Corral

  • Sleep Apnea: Types, Mechanisms, and Clinical Cardiovascular Consequences

    Shahrokh Javaheri;Ferran Barbe;Francisco Campos-Rodriguez;Jerome A. Dempsey

  • Adaptive Servo-Ventilation for Central Sleep Apnea in Systolic Heart Failure

    Martin R. Cowie;Holger Woehrle;Karl Wegscheider;Christiane Angermann

  • Relationship Between Spectral Components of Cardiovascular Variabilities and Direct Measures of Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Humans

    Massimo Pagani;Nicola Montano;Alberto Porta;Alberto Malliani

  • Heart rate variability: back to the beginning.

    Tomas Kara;Jiri Nykodym;Virend K. Somers

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Friedman
Paul A. Friedman Mayo Clinic
Nicola Montano
Nicola Montano University of Milan
Torbjørn Omland
Torbjørn Omland Akershus University Hospital
Bernard J. Gersh
Bernard J. Gersh Mayo Clinic
Patrick Levy
Patrick Levy Grenoble Alpes University
Martin R. Cowie
Martin R. Cowie King's College London
Francois M. Abboud
Francois M. Abboud University of Iowa

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